Pope Leo XIV will make an official trip to France from September 25 to 28, 2026, during which he will meet with President Emmanuel Macron, visit the headquarters of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), pray at the Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris and at the sanctuary of...
The Plenary of Congress has backed this Thursday, May 26, the Royal Decree-Law that qualifies the Pope's visit to Spain as an event of exceptional public interest, along with other milestones such as the Bicentennial of Goya, the Trio of Eclipses, or the commemoration of the anniversary of the Teatro...
Iberia's alternative plane has already departed from Adolfo Suárez Madrid-Barajas Airport bound for Tenerife North-Los Rodeos International Airport, where its arrival is scheduled for 8:40 PM local time. This aircraft will be responsible for transferring to Rome the passengers who were part of the Vatican delegation."Safety is always Iberia's priority....
The spokesperson for the People's Party in the Senate, Alicia García, stated this Friday that Pope Leo XIV's words on the migratory issue are "perfectly compatible" with the principle of 'national priority' that her party has agreed upon with Vox in three regional coalition executives.García expressed herself in this way...
The Comuns group in the Parliament has presented a battery of 54 questions with the aim of the Govern specifying the global cost that the visit of Pope Leo XIV to Catalonia has entailed.In a statement released this Thursday, the formation led by Jéssica Albiach has pointed out that it...
Pope Leo XIV held a private audience this Tuesday afternoon with the President of the Generalitat, Salvador Illa, at the Episcopal Palace of Barcelona. Illa, who was accompanied by his wife, took advantage of the meeting to thank the Pontiff for his "sensitivity towards Catalonia".According to sources from the Executive,...
The co-spokesperson for the Comuns and deputy for Sumar in Congress, Gerardo Pisarello, has maintained that "the Catholic Church should be very forceful to be credible" in relation to the sexual abuse committed within it, and has censured that Pope Leo XIV included in his speech before the Courts references...
The co-spokesperson for the Comuns and deputy for Sumar in Congress, Gerardo Pisarello, has maintained that "the Catholic Church should be very forceful to be credible" in relation to the sexual abuse committed within it. At the same time, he has criticized Pope Leo XIV for including references against abortion...
The first secretary of the Congress Board and spokesperson for the Comuns, Gerardo Pisarello, has maintained that the intervention of Pope Leo XIV this Monday in Congress presented "lights and shadows," combining, in his opinion, a block of a humanist tone with another clearly conservative one.In an interview on "La2Cat"...
Pope Leo XIV has concluded his stay in Madrid this Tuesday with a meeting dedicated to the volunteers who participated in the organization of his apostolic journey to Spain. The event, held in pavilion 3 of IFEMA, constitutes the Pontiff's last engagement in the capital before traveling to Barcelona to...
The seven minutes of uninterrupted applause that deputies and senators gave the Pope on Monday in Congress constitute the longest ovation remembered in recent years for a guest in the Lower House, ahead of those received at the time by King Felipe VI and his daughter, Princess Leonor.After the Pope...
Pope Leo XIV has acknowledged that society and the Catholic Church "did not always" live "up to the mark" during the period of the discovery and subsequent conquest of America. This was stated this Monday in his address to the Congress of Deputies, in the context of his official visit...
The spokesperson for Sumar in Congress, Verónica Martínez Barbero, has welcomed the words of Pope Leo XIV on immigration and peace, although she admitted that they expected an explicit mention of the situation in Gaza. At the same time, she expressed her disagreement with the allusions against abortion and euthanasia,...
The PSOE spokesperson in Congress, Patxi López, has positively assessed the intervention of Pope Leo XIV in the Plenary Hall of the Congress of Deputies, especially highlighting the passages in defense of coexistence and harmony, although he acknowledged that, as a "secular" party, they do not accept the criticisms the...
The PNV spokesperson in Congress, Maribel Vaquero, has highlighted this Monday three main ideas presented by Leo XIV in his speech before the Chamber: "respect for the diversity of peoples," his references to the "migratory drama," and his call to "legislate with respect, taking into account the common good" and...
Pope Leo XIV has censured this Monday, in his address to the Congress of Deputies, the "permanent disqualification of the adversary" and has defended "a just delimitation of public power"."Within societies themselves, it is urgent to build a culture of reciprocity. Political plurality should not degenerate into permanent disqualification of...
The Secretary General of Podemos, Ione Belarra, has lashed out at the decision to allow Pope Leo XIV to deliver a speech in the Congress of Deputies, considering that it means transforming the "temple of democracy into a church" and has pointed out that his intervention was a "missed opportunity"...
Pope Leo XIV has recognized that society and the Catholic Church "were not always" "up to the task" during the period of the discovery and subsequent conquest of America. This was stated this Monday in his address to the Congress of Deputies, on the occasion of his official visit to...
The President of the Government, Pedro Sánchez, has presented Pope Leo XIV with a 13-year-old Spanish olive bonsai during the meeting held this Monday at the Apostolic Nunciature. After the meeting, Sánchez stressed that both agree on the defense of the "value of migrations".According to sources from Moncloa, the olive...
Más Madrid and PSOE maintain that the president of the Community of Madrid, Isabel Díaz Ayuso, is "far removed" from the humanitarian values of Pope Leo XIV, while the PP has underlined the Pontiff's defense of life "from conception to the end".This exchange of reproaches took place at the press...
Pope Leo XIV starred this Monday in a historic day at Congress by becoming the first Pontiff to formally address deputies and senators in the Lower House. The institution received him with state honors, the performance of the National Police symphonic band, and a prolonged ovation.The Pontiff left the Apostolic...
The Minister of the Presidency, Justice and Parliamentary Relations, Félix Bolaños, maintains that the Government is "aligned" with the message of Pope Leo XIV regarding peace and the issue of migration, which he considers the two main axes of discussion on a global scale, while emphasizing the Executive's respect for...
Pope Leo XIV has starred this Monday in a historic day at Congress by becoming the first Pontiff to address deputies and senators in the Lower House in a solemn session, where he was received with institutional honors, the performance of the National Police symphonic band, and a long ovation.The...
Pope Leo XIV enjoyed at the dinner held this Sunday at the Episcopal Palace of Madrid a menu designed and served by the historic Lhardy restaurant, with which it was intended to highlight the breadth and variety of Spanish culinary heritage.According to the Royal Academy of Gastronomy, this proposal was...
The deputies and senators gathered in the Plenary Hall of Congress for the Pope's visit have dedicated a seven-minute ovation to the Pontiff, with applause and cheers, following the speech given by Leo XIV, the first Pope to speak at the seat of national sovereignty. Almost all those present joined...